Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
Entomology. a prominent bristle on the antenna of some dipterous insects.
a stiff bristle such as the awn of some grasses and cereals
a bristle-like appendage on the antennae of some insects
1685–95; < Latin: awn, beard or ear of grain; cf. arête
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The menu hews to Tuscany with dishes like ribollita, pappardelle with wild boar and Chianti sauce, bistecca alla fiorentina, arista pork loin, and cacciucco fish stew.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
If you find yourself longing for pasta fagioli, pappardelle in wild boar sauce, or arista -- Tuscany’s roasted pork loin scented with rosemary and garlic -- maybe it’s time to lay in some Chianti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
Antennæ black, third joint linear, rather long, arista plumose; legs blackish-piceous; wings blackish; veins black, discal transverse vein straight, parted by a little more than its length from the border.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
I have been told that the real title is "arishers," from "arista."
From Notes and Queries, Number 53, November 2, 1850 by Various
The fourth glume is hyaline, as long as the third glume, 2-fid at the tip, awnless with a very minute arista in the cleft or not, paleate with two stamens; palea narrow and hyaline.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
He left Arista in 2000 to form J Records and released Alicia Keys’ debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” which went multi-platinum, before BMG bought a majority stake in 2022.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite his successes, Davis was forced out of Arista in 2000, officially because at 71 he was past retirement age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Within months, Davis had set up his own label, Arista.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
After writing the bestseller “Clive: Inside the Record Business,” he and Columbia Pictures joined forces in 1974 to launch Arista, which had a streak of smashes starting with Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
They made98 no mention whatever of General Santa Anna, but they spoke confidently of the certainty with which Generals Ampudia and Arista were about to crush the invading gringos at the north, under Taylor.
From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase
Recombination of the gray/black body color and long/short aristae alleles will not occur.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the body color and red/ cinnabar eye alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of the alleles for wing length and aristae length.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the body color and aristae length alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of red/ brown eye alleles and the aristae length alleles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the red/brown eye and long/ short aristae alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of the alleles for wing length and body color.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The antennae are displaced downward and appressed and their bristle-like aristae are crumpled.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt
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